Adult Residential Care Home Program
Special Announcement
The ARCH for Nurse Aides, LPNs & RNs program in FALL 2022 and Spring 2023 has been canceled due to lack of instructors. Please contact the Nursing Department for more information.
Special Admissions
The ARCH Primary Givers Program for CNA/s, LPN/s and RNs program is a select admissions program; pre/corequisite courses, examinations, test scores, and/or other required documentation are submitted and reviewed. Applicants are then selected and notified by the Nursing Department.
Program Overview
The four courses in this curriculum are part of the licensure requirements for the Department of Health for Adult Residential Care Home Operators. These operators provide live-in care for up to five persons in the operator’s home and serve as their advocates. The residents are often the elderly with mental illness, intellectual disabilities, or chronic diseases.
Contact Information
- Counselors/Advisors: kapnurs@hawaii.edu
- Nursing Dept: Kopiko Building, Room 201; (808) 734-9305
Degree & Certificates
Certificate of Competence – Adult Residential Care Home Primary Care Givers Program (4 credits)
The four courses in this curriculum are part of the licensure requirements for the Department of Health for Adult Residential Care Home Operators. These operators provide live-in care for up to five persons in the operator’s home and serve as their advocates. The residents are often the elderly with mental illness, intellectual disabilities, or chronic diseases.
Program Information
ARCH Primary Care Givers Program
Effective in the Fall 2017 semester, the Adults Residential Care Home Operators (ARCH) for Nurse Aides program is being combined with the ARCH for Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) and Registered Nurses (RNs) program. The newly-combined ARCH program will be retitled as Adult Residential Care Home Primary Care Givers.
Within the newly-combined ARCH program for Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and Certified Nurse Aides, a new ARCH (one-credit) course, titled NURS 11 – ARCH Activities, is being proposed in order to complement the existing ARCH courses (i.e., NURS 12, NURS 13 and NURS 14). NURS 11 will provide an opportunity for students to become proficient in activities related to the care and support of residents residing in a care home. The proposed course will also include a supply fee to enable students to access necessary lab materials.
Program Outcomes
Certificate of Competence – Adult Residential Care Home Operator Training
Program Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this program, the student should be able to:
- Function as a member of the Adult Residential Care Home team, operating under the rules and regulations of Chapter 100.1.
- Provide safe, simple basic nursing care to the residents of the Adult Residential Care Home.
- Use correct lines of communication when interacting with resident and regulatory and resource personnel.
- Recognize the legal and ethical responsibility of the Adult Residential Care Home Operator.
- Recognize the resident’s rights and responsibilities.
- Assume accountability for your own actions and behavior.
- Identify the basic needs of a person in health and illness.
- Recognize the major physical changes in the structure and function of the body, especially with aging.
- Provide care that is culturally sensitive.
- Recognize and report significant changes in the resident’s mental and physical health status.
- State the requirements for physical care for the terminally ill resident and ways to provide emotional support.